Binding post



Match 10, 1931.

J. WERITZ ET AL ,627

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Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED ATE T GFF'ICE JOHN WEE-1T2, OF CICEEO, AND DAVED HIRSHFIELD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BINDING POST.

Application filed June 7, 1929. Serial No. 369,041.

The invention relates to binding posts and the object of the invention is to provide a binding post in which an electric wire may be securely held without being wound about a screw or being engaged by a screw.

A further object of the invention is to provide a binding post having a clamping part engaging the wire while the same is lying straight, so that the wire is not in danger of breaking.

Other objects of the invention not specifically mentioned will be easily ascertained and understood from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof. It is however to be understood, that the invention is not to be limited or restricted to the exact formation and construction shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but that said invention is only to be limited by the scope of the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a binding post according to the present invention, showing the same in working position and holding a wire connected to said binding post and passing through the same.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of said binding post and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 1 and shown on an enlarged scale.

The binding post according to the present invention consists of a bottom plate 5 adapted to be fastened to any convenient support. A portion 6 of this bottom plate is bent upwardly and another portion 7 of the plate is bent upwardly and then downwardly, so that the two bent portions are the form of a letter C. A clamping plate 8 of U-shape is arranged between the straight portion of the second bent part 7 and the two ends of the two bent portions, the legs of the U engaging said straight portion in such a manner, that the clamping plate may slide on said portion. A screw 9 extends through the bottom plate and engages the clamping plate so, that said plate may be forced toward the curve part of the second bent portion of the bottom plate. The end of the clamping plate away from said screw, is preferably ground hollow, so an electric conduit 10 arranged between the clamping plate and the curve portion 7 of the bottom plate can be engaged by said hollow ground end, when the clamping plate is forced toward said curved portion by means of the screw 9.

It is easy to see, that a binding post of the kind described above, can engage a straight wire and hold the same firmly and securely without in any way injuring said wire or without producing any danger of breakage. It is furthermore readily unders andable that a plurality of such binding posts may be attached to a straight wire for the purpose of malrin a plurality of electric connections.

Having described our invention and how the same is to be performed we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a binding post of the class described a bottom plate, a part integral with said plate having the form of a 0, one of the curved portions of which is substantially in the plane of the plate, a U-shaped clamping plate arranged inside said C and engaging the straight portion thereof and a screw extending through said bottom plate and adapted to engage said clamping plate and urge the same toward one end of said O.

In witness whereof we aflix our signatures.

JOHN WERITZ. DAVED HIRSHFIELD. 

